They devote a whole webpage for this? :sheesh: Rivals youtube videos.
Somethings wrong with it? I thought the website is trustful, not like some crazy youtube videos. If you find any serious mistakes for their post, let me know.
I agree. Some users keep saying that Asada's 3As should have more goe, but the below website explains why she got low goe for her 3As.
http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/results_vancouver/Asada Triple Axel.htm
Asada need to work with her 3A more rather than quad jump if she really want to win OGM.
I really hope that she find someone who knows CoP very well like Orser and Wilson.
It's clear from the photo that her toe pick is ingrained in the ice as she lands her 2T. So she's 2-footing her landings again?
It's hard to see where the ice begins in the photo, but I looked really, really carefully, and it doesn't look like her toe pick is ingrained. It's above the ice.
By the way, their article, 'Hamilton Turns Darkness into Light' makes for an engrossing read.
There are an awful lot of snarky comments about Mao on this thread. She certainly doesn't deserve it. She delivered 2 fully rotated triple axels in her Lp and one in her short. The next time you can find a woman skater who can do that, be sure to let me know. I would never underestimate her. She has a ton of potential. All of this advice is very entertaining from armchair coaches.
Vancouver has shown us just performing the most difficult jumps alone is not enough to win the Olympic gold medal anymore.
Sorry, you seem to have taught us that history a few times in the forums.The future of what?
Let me remind you that Sasha is an Olympic Silver medalist and Flatt is a 7th place Olympic finisher, the worst showing by a US Lady Champion going back before WW2.
I hope Flatt does better at Worlds because Mirai can't get back the third spot for USA all by herself.
Mirai is the future. Her talent is obvious and has fans and experts gushing. Orser praised Mirai as did Button.
Back on topic, it has always been obvious (leastways to me) that the Japanese culture is more about honor versus reward, and this translates into their skating. Daisuke Takahashi could have easily taken the safe conservative route by not going for the quad in his FS in order to post a better result, mayhap even a gold medal. But as he himself said, that's not the way he wanted to win, he wanted to win by attempting the hardest element, so he went for it. It was about the S K A T E, not the end result. About honor & humility, which is the hallmark of the Japanese culture. Thus, I was not surprised this whole season to see Mao Asada go for the whole shebang, despite the public outcry. She knew what the judges wanted (& even the skatefans, lol), but she didn't care, she stuck with her guns and skated to Bells of Moscow (which she had specifically chosen over a light lyrical musical number in order to challenge herself). And the same goes for all three triple axels. Once again, it was about the skate itself, not the end result. It's just too bad she didn't skate clean at the Olympics, thus the tears, here's hoping she skates clean at Worlds.
Regards the quad, I'm thinking Mao has always had this planned, just like she kept talking about Sochi was her goal this past year. Lol, which got me mad, I said dang it why are you thinking about Sochi, you should be thinking about Vancouver!*mad* Now, in retrospect, I'm beginning to understand Mao, a little. I think she knew she wouldn't be ready for Vancouver, it was just a warmup for Sochi, her ultimate goal. To master three triple axels and a quad by the time Sochi comes round. And willing to forego the gold medal this year in order to concentrate on landing three triple axels (i.e. one in the SP & two in the FS). Whereas if she had reverted to her old programs & jumps from 2007/2008, it would have been a huge step backward for her, even if it might have gotten her the gold medal. Instead, she decided to go forward with the three triple axels, become consistent with them this year, and hopefully in the following years. But at the same time work on mastering a quad to her repertoire, which I honestly think will be thee biggest challenge of her entire career up until now.
Mao's been doing 3axels since she was 11/12 yrs. old, so it's not unreasonable that one day she would accomplish what she just did (i.e. landing three 3axels at the Olympics). However, I question *any* skater adding such a hard element such as the quad later on in their careers. Seriously, how many skaters have actually managed to do it? I mean Tara Lipinski was doing 3/3s when she was a tween, same goes for Sarah Hughes, Michelle Kwan, Irina Slutskaya, et al. OTOH, Oksana Baiul never did one, even when she was a tween, and the same goes for plenty of other female skaters I never saw did even one during their competitve careers. However, I know plenty tried the 3axel endlessly in practice, but never did one or landed one in competition. My point being in order to land a difficult element such as the quad in one's later career, one must have first started landing them successfully in their younger tween or teenage years. Right? I'm honestly hoping Mao Asada will be the exception to the rule, but history shows us the reality of such an undertaking. Case in point, Michelle Kwan, whom tried to add a more difficult 3/3 to her repertoire later on in her 20's, which might have led to her hip injury. And also Kristi Yamaguchi said she desperately tried adding the 3axel to her repertoire in her late teens/early 20's without success, thus she instead concentrated on landing the 3L/3T combo. to defeat Midori Ito, which she did master. Therefore, I don't know, it seems to me if you haven't mastered a triple axel or a 3/3 or a quad by the time your 19 yrs. old, statistics show you will never do so.
That said, I honestly wish Mao Asada all the luck in the world, and by sheer force of stubborness & will power, I wouldn't be surprised if she does prove all the statisticians wrong. *smile*
She landed 3 3As this time but it would be pretty hard to deny that, she landed them by a narrow margin. Plus she had to reduce her body fat to 7%. It's too harsh for her to keep her condition that way for 4 years, b/c her body will change over time. She can't stop that. A quad and 3 3As by the time Sochi... I don't know. I get your point, but she's not playing the game smartly, that's for sure.
George Rossano's photos mark him the same as Philip Hersh, whom used youtube videos (specifically pro Yuna Kim supporter videos) at the beginning of the season to justify his point.
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I watched the Oly Ladies, and for me, Mao executed the 3 Axels perfectly. She had the proper takeoff, the proper air turns, the proper landings, and she got the proper base values for them. It seemed to me good scoring by the judges. I do not understand why some fans thought that she should have gotten plus GoEs. Did she do anything unique with those axels?
Emily was not the US Champion. Do you already forget how Alissa was crucified here for a year because as US champion she didn't do well enough at Worlds?
Emily was a last minute replacement for Michelle and our third skater in Torino.
So yes, when our champion can't do better than 7th it is disappointing.
7th place is what we expect from a second or third Lady.
It is interesting that it was Mirai who has apologized for letting the medal streak end. She said she plans to start a new one in 2014.